Adjustable shingle-gage.



No. 769,508. PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1904. L. STOWELL.

ADJUSTABLE SHINGLE GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4.1904.

NO MODEL.

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No. '769,5osl

LESTER STOVELL, OF WAUKESHA,

Patented September 6, 1904.

PATENT OEETCE.

'VISOONSIN, ASSIGUOR OF ONE-HALF TO EMERY STOl/VELL, OF DUPLAINVILLE,VI'SCONSIN.

ADJUSTABLE SHINGLE-GAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 769,508, datedSeptember 6, 1904.

Application filed June 4, 1904.

To all whom, it ntftg/ concern.-

Be it known that I, LESTER STOWELL, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Vaukesha, in the county of Vaukesha and State ofWfisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAdjustable Shingle- Gages; and l do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention has especial reference to gag'es attached toshingling-hatchets; and it consists i in certain peculiarities ofconstruction and combination of parts, as will be fully set forthhereinafter, in connection with the accompanying drawings, andsubsequently claimed.

ln the said drawings, Figure 1 is a view illustrating my device attachedto a hatchet and in use. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the hatchet andattached device in the position shown in Fig. 1, the roof and shinglesbeing shown in section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view inelevation of the hatchet and attached device, partly in section, on theline 3 3 of Fig. 2, but drawn to an enlarged scale. Fig. 4 is a detailsectional view taken on the line 4 a of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of the gage proper; and Fig. 6, alike view of the gage-holder,which is designed to be attached to the upper end of the hatchet-handle.

Referring by numerals to the said drawings, 1 designates the handle; 2,the blade; 3, the handle socket or eye, and 4 the driving-head or hammerof an ordinary shingling-hatchct.

5 designates the gage-holder, which consists of an open-topped shellhaving a loop 6 at each end thereof, a threaded bore 7 through thecenter of the bottom wall, and countersunk openings 8 8, also throughsaid bottom wall, one on each side of the said bore 7 for the passage ofscrews 9 9, whereby the said gage-holder is securely attached to theupper end of the hatchet-handle 1, the tops of the screw-heads beingflush with the said bottom wall by reason of the describedcountersinking of the openings 8 8.

10 designates the stem of the reversible gage, which is received by andpasses through the loops 6 6 of the holder 5. This stem is Serial No.211,081. (No model.)

Il formedl with a longitudinal slot 11 there- 5o y through, on each sideof which slot and on j both sides of the stem the latter is transiversely corrugated, as shown at 12 12.

13 designates the head of the gage, the said head having slots 1-1 14cut in its edges for 55 the reception of the upper edge of the hatchetiblade 2, these two slots being provided so I that the gage may beadapted for use with either the right hand or the left hand, as desired.

l lVhen the gage-stem has been slipped the l required distance into theholder according to the desired overlap of the shingles, it is held inthis adjusted position by a clampblock 15 of a width just sufcient toslip be- 65 tween the opposed side walls of the holder 5, theclamp-block being corrugated on its under side to engage with thecorrugated portions 12 of the gage-stem and having' a central openingfor the reception of the threaded shank 16 of a thumb-screw 17, whichshank passes through the slot 11 of said gage-stem and engages with thethreads of the bore 7 in the bottom wall of the gage-holder 5.

lith my device the use of the usual chalkline or gage-line may beentirely dispensed with and even the projection of the iirst course ofshingles over the eaves may be rendered accurate and even by placing thecutting edge of the hatchet-blade against the 8O cornice or other partof the roof and allowing the shingles to abut against the gagehead 13,and then after this for all the subsequent courses of shingles thehatchet, properly adjusted as described, is used as shown in Figs. 1 andQ, with the g'age-head 13 held up against the butts of the shingles ineach course and the butts of the shingles in the course above broughtdown, as shown, against the driving-head or hammer El of the hatchet,and, as heretofore referred to, the device can be quickly adjusted forleft-handed work by loosening' the thumb-screw 17 and withdrawing andreversing the gage-stem 10, and then again adjusting the gage andtightening' it to 95 place.

Vhile especially designed for shinglinghatchets, it is obvious that mydescribed adjustable gage may be attached to and used with slatershammers in substantially the same Way.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. An adjustable gage for shingling-hatchets and like tools, comprisingan open topped gage-holder permanently secured to the handle of saidtool, and formed with loops at each end and a tapped bore in its bottomwall; a gage-stem received by and passing through said loops, said stemhaving a longitudinal slot therethrough, and "formed with corrugatedsurfaces on each side of said slot; a transverse head on one end of saidgage-stem; a clamp-block having a central hole therethrough, andcorrugations on its under side; and a thumb-screw passing through thehole in the clamp-block and slot in the gage-stem, and engaging with thebore in the gageholder. 2. The combination with a sh ingling-hatchethaving a straight-topped blade and a drivinghead, an interposed eye orhandle-socket, with a handle in said eye or socket, a gage-holderpermanently secured to the upper end of said handle, and formed withloops at each end; a reversible and longitudinally-ad justable gagestemreceived by andpassing through said loop; means for securing saidgage-stem in adj usted position, and a transverse gage-head at one endof said gage-stem, said head being formed with slots in the opposed sideedges thereof for engagement with the upper edge of the hatchet-blade.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atMilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State otWisconsin, in thepresence of two witnesses.

LESTER STOWELL.

Witnesses:

` H. Gr. UNDERWooD, GEORGE FELBER.

